Is the first person view too low to the ground?

Nemesis7884 · June 10

This has always been bothering me since I usually play new story content in first person view - and it just seems too low to the ground; rather on chest than eye height which makes it uncomfortable especially while running... I don't see any reason why it has to be this low?

Masteroshi430 · June 10

Yes first person view is too low to the ground and should be lifted slightly

Yep, when I tried 1st person view a few times I found it disturbing that the camera height is lower than my own height, we should be able to enter our own heignt for the camera no matter the character size.

SolarRune · June 10

No first person view is fine on the height level it is

Is this going to be another iteration of 'vertical adjustment being only possible on PC' issue?

Blood_again · June 10

No first person view is fine on the height level it is

I can assure you, it is from eyes.
Try an Altmer

I think the camera looks low only after 3rd person view, which usually uses high angle. It is uncomfortable because you got used to a wide and "top back" angle.
Try to run 1st person view for 3-4 days and you'll see it is fine.

Danikat · June 10

SolarRune wrote: »

Is this going to be another iteration of 'vertical adjustment being only possible on PC' issue?

I can't remember if the vertical adjustment slider affects 1st person view because I rarely use it (only if I want to look at something small close up and my character is in the way) but that was going to be basically my suggestion:

It's unlikely everyone would agree on an ideal height, so there should be a way to adjust it. Ideally seperate from the setting for 3rd person, because as some people have already mentioned you'll probably want the camera in a different position for that.

LesserCircle · June 10

No first person view is fine on the height level it is

Try playing a taller race, POV is from the eyes.

Nemesis7884 · June 10

Yes first person view is too low to the ground and should be lifted slightly

LesserCircle wrote: »

Try playing a taller race, POV is from the eyes.

all my races are max height and i disagree - just look at furniture and objects

Nemesis7884 · June 10

Yes first person view is too low to the ground and should be lifted slightly

Danikat wrote: »

SolarRune wrote: »

Is this going to be another iteration of 'vertical adjustment being only possible on PC' issue?

I can't remember if the vertical adjustment slider affects 1st person view because I rarely use it (only if I want to look at something small close up and my character is in the way) but that was going to be basically my suggestion:

It's unlikely everyone would agree on an ideal height, so there should be a way to adjust it. Ideally seperate from the setting for 3rd person, because as some people have already mentioned you'll probably want the camera in a different position for that.

there is no first person vertical adjustment; at least not in my settings

LunaFlora · June 10

to me it is too high.

i would love to lower it

Syldras · June 10

No first person view is fine on the height level it is

Are you playing a Bosmer?

katanagirl1 · June 10

Yes first person view is too low to the ground and should be lifted slightly

On every character it’s like they are nothing but a head rolling around on the ground.

Veinblood1965 · June 10

katanagirl1 wrote: »

On every character it’s like they are nothing but a head rolling around on the ground.

Be careful what you wish for. My Nightblade had that issue, I prayed and prayed he would be anything but a head. I logged in last week and he was a prune. He got stepped on and killed. I should have quit while he was a head....

Sluggy · June 10

Who plays in first-person view?

Jokes aside it seems fine to me. Most games actually tend to put your sight slightly lower than your character's head. It helps make characters and objects around seem a little bigger and less... how to put it... trivial? It also helps with aiming at centers of mass (center of masses? centers of masses? centers' of masses?). Then you also have to consider if the camera is at a fixed height or if it's actually attached to the model because in the second case animations and stances will also have an effect. Another trick is that often the FoV tends to be made much narrower so that objects get that 'Hollywood film' effect where perspective is a little more hidden and things appear larger than life.

Walking around in first-person definitely makes you realize how much bigger the buildings are around you than when in third-person. The only thing that really ever bothered me was how little of your own actions you can make out via your character's arms. They are very poorly animated from that view and most of the skills are just represented by some annoying glowing aura or screen effect.

ghastley · June 11

As a quick test, I switched to first person while standing next to Isobel, and her eyes were at eye level. I forget what race character I was on at the time, but probably not Altmer. So the camera height is reasonable, but may be the same for all races, or some other factor that makes it seem off at times.

LesserCircle · June 11

No first person view is fine on the height level it is

Nemesis7884 wrote: »

LesserCircle wrote: »

Try playing a taller race, POV is from the eyes.

all my races are max height and i disagree - just look at furniture and objects

You're confusing first person view being too low with something else, even in third person furniture, ceilings, doors, almost everything is almost twice as big as it should.

SolarRune · June 12

No first person view is fine on the height level it is

I've looked through all my chars today - and I think the height is either at or just above eye level - so I still think it's at the right height.

Also, no there is no first-person camera height - so it's not that. I wonder if it's different platforms, I'm on PCEU.

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